Some of you may remember our venerable DCist Maps project, which provided an overlay of the D.C. Metro system in the classic WMATA style, plus the ability to build your own customized maps. We were proud of the li’l guy, but he had clearly begun to show his age: designed in an era when 800×600 was still a common screen resolution, the map window was ridiculously small. And although we spent an awfully long time…

Good morning, Washington. We hope you’re as excited as we are to read about how we’re going to have lower heating bills this winter, due to predictions of a mild winter ahead. Hooray! We think we’ll put that extra money towards a nice vacation. But hey, errr, wait a minute. Does this mean we’re not going to get any full snow days again this year? Noooooo! Increase in Crime on Metro Slowing?: The Examiner reports…

We successfully sailed the ocean blue and are back with this week’s shortened music picks. TUESDAY >> It’s an early show/late show kind of night at the 9:30 Club (directions from DCist Maps). Come by at 6 p.m. to catch Anna Nalick, the songstress TV networks love to dramatize commercials with, for $15. Pound a Red Bull and stay for the late show as Blues Traveler gets all your harmonica lovin’ ya yas out. $25,…

We’ve written before about D.C.-related Google Maps hacks, including several excellent efforts to represent the Metro system. It looked like so much fun that we decided to give it a shot ourselves. So today we’re happy to announce DCist Maps, our very own Google Maps application. As you can see from the graphic, we’ve programmed an overlay of the Metro system over Google’s map of the region. Our map also lets you plot addresses, find…